Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Rituals

[Fred H Olson WB0YQM (fholson]

Joel Strickland  A-JOELST [at] EXCHANGE.MICROSOFT.COM
is the author of the message below but due
to a listserv problem it was posted by the COHOUSING-L sysop (Fred).
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I think a kiva would be a nice touch for community rituals.  I've thought 
about building one by digging a round hole in the ground, lining it with 
strawbale insulation coated with clay to keep water from seeping in.  Climb 
down by ladder through a hole in the roof and tell creation stories. 

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Sent:   Wednesday, November 29, 1995 9:31 PM
Subject:        Rituals

Hello all,

My wife and I are, at this point, armchair cohousers.  We have been reading
in for the last month or so.  I am a community organizer and am interested 
to
hear responses to a few questions.

In the planning, development or maintaining of your communities, are you
intentional about the religious or spiritual elements?

Are you intentional about creating rituals?  What are they?  What effect do
they have?

How does the physical construction and surroundings create or encourage
rituals?  The common areas, both inside and out.

Thank you.
Bryan and Debbie